Safety assessment process for human-robot handling tasks

Timo Malm; Tapio Heikkilä; Jari M. Ahola

doi:10.1115/DETC2015-47006

Safety assessment process for human-robot handling tasks

Timo Malm
, Tapio Heikkilä
, Jari M. Ahola

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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Abstract

The needs for using robots to assist human workers in accomplishing heavy tasks in a variety of industries are increasing. Almost by default this implies sharing the work space between robots and human operators. As a consequence, safety issues must be carefully taken into account. We have implemented a pilot system based on a standard industrial robot (KUKA KR120 R2500) for interactive handling of heavy and/or large parts and loads. Here we report the safety analysis and risk assessment of such a system following the harmonized robot standards (ISO 10218-1 &-2), including Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Use Case Safety Analysis (UCSA) and analysis of system functions and communications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Number of pages	7
Volume	9
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7918-5719-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2015-47006
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications : MESA-9 Mechatronics for Advanced Manufacturing, MESA 2015 - Boston, United States Duration: 2 Aug 2015 → 5 Aug 2015

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Conference	ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications
Abbreviated title	MESA 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	2/08/15 → 5/08/15

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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robot
handling task

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Malm, T, Heikkilä, T & Ahola, JM 2015, Safety assessment process for human-robot handling tasks. in 2015 ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications. vol. 9, DETC2015-47006, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications , Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 2/08/15. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2015-47006

Safety assessment process for human-robot handling tasks. / Malm, Timo; Heikkilä, Tapio; Ahola, Jari M.
2015 ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications. Vol. 9 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015. DETC2015-47006.

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